Pan troglodytes      Atypical/Alpha


※ Alpha family introduction

    Alpha kinases belong to atypical kinase group and lack significant sequence similarity to ePK (1). Six members have been identified in mammals, including elongation factor 2 kinase, Dictyostelium myosin heavy chain kinases and other protein kinases. eEF-2 is involve in regulation of the global rate of protein synthesis and MHCK A is essential in regualtion of myosin assembly and disassembly. Although no detectable sequence identity between ePK and Alpha kinases has been found, the structure, sequence motifs and key amino acid residue position are very similar. The differences may impact on substrate recognition (2).

Reference
1. Manning, G., Whyte, D.B., Martinez, R., Hunter, T. and Sudarsanam, S. (2002) The protein kinase complement of the human genome. Science, 298, 1912-1934. PMID: 12471243
2. Drennan, D. and Ryazanov, A.G. (2004) Alpha-kinases: analysis of the family and comparison with conventional protein kinases. Prog Biophys Mol Biol, 85, 1-32. PMID: 15050379


There are 6 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (6

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Pat-0308
ENSPTRG00000016375.6
H2QQ20
ALPK1
2
iEKPD-Pat-0185
ENSPTRG00000010052.5
H2QEL1
ALPK2
3
iEKPD-Pat-0136
ENSPTRG00000007406.5
A0A2I3REQ6
ALPK3
4
iEKPD-Pat-0142
ENSPTRG00000007877.5
A0A2I3TJP1
EEF2K
5
iEKPD-Pat-0398
ENSPTRG00000021026.6
A0A2I3TG76
TRPM6
6
iEKPD-Pat-0128
ENSPTRG00000007068.5
H2Q9F1
TRPM7